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Dems’ Better Deal: Courting white voters, abandoning social justice

August 14, 2017 Hafsa 2018 Election, Charity & Justice, Democrats Leave a comment

Since the harrowing, soul-crushing Democratic defeat in the 2016 elections (and ever since), liberals have been desperately wracking their beleaguered brains trying to devise

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What My B.A. Didn’t Teach Me, But I Learned Anyway

May 29, 2017 Hafsa Activism, Education, Human Rights, Justice 2 comments

I just graduated, but as I’ve been reflecting on how it has shaped me, I realized my most important lessons came outside the classroom.

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U.S. at bottom of heap in social justice rankings

November 16, 2011 Madonna Gauding Charity & Justice, Education, Employment, Poverty, Youth issues Leave a comment

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. All

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The Golden Rule writ simple

March 11, 2011 Barbara Finch Charity & Justice, Ideas Leave a comment

I don’t know Kathy Conley-Jones, but I wish I did. I think I’d like her. Conley-Jones is owner of the Conley Financial Group in

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Progressive Forum to be held in Detroit

May 25, 2010 Madonna Gauding Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Economy, Politics Leave a comment

The first US Social Forum (USSF) took place in Atlanta in June 2007.  Twelve thousand progressive social-justice advocates from all over the country came

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